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Since the District Council’s adoption of the Local Plan in July 2018, following a lengthy examination by the Inspectorate, it is fair to say that residents are completely disenfranchised and dismayed by the apparent indifference of developers and the council to the need for new infrastructure to support the building of 20,000 houses by 2031 and the need to protect wildlife and prime agricultural land.

There are a number of modifications relating to biodiversity issues and lots of detailed modifications on specific sites (mostly removing them because they had already got permission or been built). Members in other Districts may want to check the modifications for the sites in their areas

Hastings may seem to most people to be thoroughly urban, but it is blessed with countryside for almost 180 degrees around its boundary, the remainder being sea! The problem is that the surrounding countryside is under serious threat at the moment.